The gas lamp at home was bright, Mia the Cat beneath it was adorable, and Shade in the living room was quite astonished.
So astonished that even when Mia stretched out her head to sniff the metal plates, Shade did not stop her.
Two concave plates and two convex ones. The design of the one-shilling banknote was exceptionally exquisite and lifelike. Rubbing them with his fingers, he could not feel any roughness from the metal at all. They carried a feeling unique to civilization and the Steam Industry.
"Mm."
Shade felt feverish all over in the middle of the night, his back itching as cold sweat broke out across his forehead.
"This can't be..."
Checking the sides of the metal plates again, he found that the same spot on all four was clearly engraved with the words "Dellaireon Kingdom Mint · Top secret." Beneath the letters was the Cavendish Family crest.
"Mm."
Shade set down the four silver-gray metal plates in his hands, then covered his face and rubbed it hard twice.
"The Dellaireon Kingdom Mint... these are master plates for printing banknotes, aren't they?"
God's Gift Box copied objects that already existed when it bestowed gifts. Therefore, even if Shade's guess was right, there would be no news of important items vanishing from the Mint, nor any nationwide manhunt for a criminal.
Shade carefully examined the items in his hands beneath the light again, then was basically certain that these were the standard master plates for the current 1850 edition one-shilling banknote.
This gift was quite a troublesome one.
"Though I do want more Gold Pounds, giving me the printing plates so I can print them myself..."
Not only was Shade not poor enough to risk so much by making Fake Coins, even if he wanted to do it,